Yoko Kanno
Biography
Yoko Kanno (菅野 よう子, Kanno Yōko, born March 18, 1963) is a Japanese composer, arranger and musician best known for her work on the soundtracks of anime films, television series, live-action films, video games, and advertisements. She was born in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. She has written scores for Cowboy Bebop and its live-action adaptation, Darker than Black, Macross Plus, Turn A Gundam, The Vision of Escaflowne, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Wolf's Rain, Kids on the Slope, Genesis of Aquarion and Terror in Resonance, and has worked with the directors Hirokazu Kore-eda, Yoshiyuki Tomino, Shinichirō Watanabe and Shōji Kawamori. Kanno has also composed music for pop artists Maaya Sakamoto and Kyōko Koizumi. She is also a keyboardist, and is the frontwoman for the Seatbelts, who perform many of Kanno's compositions and soundtracks.
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Movies (33)
Sangokushi 30th Anniversary Concert
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2017
Our Little Sister
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2015
The World of Kanako
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2014
Petal Dance
Music (Sound)
2013
Ein's Summer Vacation
Music (Sound)
2012
Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2012
Macross Frontier: The Wings of Farewell
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2011
Maaya Sakamoto 15th Anniversary Live "Gift" at Nippon Budokan
2010
Surely Someday
Music (Sound)
2010
Macross Frontier Galaxy Tour Final in Budokan
2009
Macross Frontier: The False Songstress
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2009
Ring of Gundam
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2009
Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued Lyricist
as Self
2009
Genesis of Aquarion: Wings of Genesis
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2007
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society
Music (Sound)
2007
Genius Party
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2007
Say Hello for Me
Music (Sound)
2007
The Show Must Go On
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2007
Honey and Clover
Music (Sound)
2006
Su-ki-da
Music (Sound)
2006
Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven
Music (Sound)
2006
A Melody for My Father
Music (Sound)
2005
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2005
Ashura
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2005
Mind Game
Musician (Sound)
2004
Kamikaze Girls
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2004
Memories of Memories
as Self (archive)
2004
Woman of Water
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2002
tokyo.sora
Music (Sound)
2002
Turn A Gundam II: Moonlight Butterfly
Music (Sound)
2002
Turn A Gundam I: Earth Light
Music (Sound)
2002
Future Blues
as Self
2001
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2001
TV Shows (17)
The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2023
SPY x FAMILY
Theme Song Performance (Sound)
2022
Cowboy Bebop
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2021
Naotora: The Lady Warlord
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2017
Terror in Resonance
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2014
Space Dandy
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2014
Gochisousan
Music (Sound)
2013
Kids on the Slope
Music (Sound)
2012
Macross Frontier
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2008
Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage
Music (Sound)
2008
Darker than Black
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2007
Ōban Star-Racers
Theme Song Performance (Sound)
2006
Aquarion
Music (Sound)
2005
Wolf's Rain
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2003
Macross Zero
Additional Music (Crew)
2002
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2002
Earth Maiden Arjuna
Music (Sound)
2001